[KLUG Members] need some help logging in

[Bruce Smith]

> Something has gone very hay wire with what I am thinking is my video
> card or monitor.  When ever I start up my computer and go into Windows
> my monitor does not seem to receive a signal until the login screen and
> if I try booting into linux I just get a blank screen.  I am hoping that
> if I can enter my user name and password something will kick in and
> start up.  But in order to this I need to log in blind since I can not
> see my cursor to but it in the login window.
> Can any one tell me hoe to log into RH7.1 via the GUI with out using the
> mouse?

Type username followed by ENTER, and your password followed by ENTER.  :-)
Do a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE first to reset the login window if your mouse
needs to be in the login window to get focus.  Or you can CTRL-ALT-F1
to get to a console window and login there.  (not sure what it'll gain you)

If your video card or monitor is not working, logging in won't help.

Better yet, if you have a LAN card in the machine, connect to it
through your network from another computer.  (telnet, ssh, ...)  
Then you can see what you are typing and do something useful.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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